1 Kings 19:20:121 Kgs.19.20.W12TAB
וַיֹּ֤אמֶר
vayomer
“and he said”
- Transliteration
- va-YO-mer
- Extended
- vah-YOH-mehr
- IPA
- /vaj.joːˈmɛr/
Meaning by language
- English
- and he said
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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Word in context
- word
va-YO-mer
- phraseyour reading level
va-YO-mer LO
- clause
va-YO-mer LO LEKH SHUV KI ME-a-SI-ti LAKH
- sentence
va-ya-ZOV ET-ha-ba-KAR va-YA-rats a-kha-RE e-li-YA-hu va-YO-mer e-SHE-ka-NA le-a-VI u-le-i-MI ve-el-kha a-kha-RE-kha va-YO-mer LO LEKH SHUV KI ME-a-SI-ti LAKH
In context — 1 Kings 19:20
And he left the oxen and ran after Elijah. Then he said, “Let me kiss my father and my mother, and then I will go after you.” And he said to him, “Go back, for what have I done to you?”
About this coordinate
1 Kings 19:20:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of 1 Kings 19:20, so the Hebrew word וַיֹּ֤אמֶר (vayomer) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written 1 Kgs.19.20.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.19.20.W12.S1) and character.